Mokokchung, August 4 (MTNews): The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Shillong, would carry out 110 projects across Eight North Eastern States by 2024, according to a statement presented on the Rajya Sabha’s table by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh today.
In relation to projects in the areas of agriculture, water resources, forestry and ecology, planning and development, UAV remote sensing, and disaster management support, he claimed that NESAC had coordinated the preparation of Plan of Actions (PoA) by the Nodal Departments of the eight States with joint funding from MoDONER, DoS, and State Governments.
North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) Shillong was established in 2000 in collaboration with the North Eastern Council (NEC) as an independent entity under the Department of Space (DOS) to offer space technology services and inputs for the growth of the North Eastern Region. NESAC works on remote sensing projects for natural resource management and infrastructure development, satellite communication-based programs for education, health, and disaster management assistance, and training and capacity building for space technology and applications.
NESAC has developed and achieved following major milestones for the North Eastern Region including:
* Implementation of North Eastern Spatial Data Repository (NeSDR)
* Identification of potential areas for development of sericulture & horticulture,
* Remote Sensing based forest working plans & river atlas,
* Geospatial system for monitoring MoDONER sponsored projects & survey of Record of Forest Rights (RoFR),
* Flood Early Warning System (FLEWS) for Assam, and
* Training & capacity building, including for professionals from BIMSTEC region
* Satellite imaging-based inputs to support settling of border disputes between North Eastern States undertaken as per suggestion of MHA.